Improved bureau-bedstead



ilrurrsn rares assainir FltlDEItlCK-U. PAYNE, 0F NEW' YRF, hl. Y.

lMPPtOVED BUREAU-BEDSTEAD.

Specilieation forming partof Letters Patent- No. hl?, dated November l, i804.

To @ZZ 10750177, it may concern.-

e it known that l, FREDERICK C. PAYNE, nflSl Canal st rect, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful lniproveinentin Bureau-Bedsteads; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to the construction of a bcdstead to fold up into the form of a bureau, whereby it is made to occupy but little space, and prevented from presenting an unsightly appearance in a room which is used as a sitting-room 5 and it consists in a certain novel construction of and mode of combining the parts ofthe bedstead, whereby the whole isenabled to fold up in the aforesaid form.

Figure l in the drawings is a front elevation of the hedstead folded up. l `ig.2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same from back to front. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the bedstead in an unfolded condition. f

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A B U l) is a case, which resembles a bureau in form, but niay be made without any hack.v

The front part, l), of this case, which represents the front ot' the bureau, is hinged at the lower edge to the base A, as shown ata, in

"such manner that it may drop down to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 4, and has hinged to its upper corners two short legs, hb,

I which support the front edge of the hoard D upon the floor when the saidr board is in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 4. These legs are enabled by their hinges c c to be folded down against the front of the board I) when the bedstead is folded up and the said board is in a vertical position, as shown in Figs.

l and 2, and if the said. legs be made ot' suitable.

ornamental form ythey will appear like ornamental projections on the front of the bureau when thus folded down.`

The fmt part, B,ot the top of the case is hinged, as-shown at-d'd, so thatit forms alid, whichN can be opened to permit the introduction of the bedclotlies, pillows, bolster, ctc.,

after the bedstead and mattress have been folded up, and this lid-piece B is made with a lug, e, at each front corner, to lap over the upper edge of the front hoard, l), for the purpose ofsecuring the latter in aV closed condition. These lugs also bear upon the upper ends of the legs b l), as shown in Figs. l and 2, and so secure the said legs close against the board l).

E F is a folding frame which constitutes the bed-bottom, divided at the middle of its length into two parts, whichare connected together by two pivoted strap-plates, G-one on each side-the said strap-platespermitting the folding of the frame, as shown in Fig. 3. Across this frame there are secured slats H H, which support the springs e e of a springinattress, and these'springs are connected in an y suitable in anner by straps ff, which may be upholstered over to complete the bed.

The part E ofthe frame E F, which forms the head of the bed, may have the head-board g permanently Vattached to it. lt is rxnl y secured to theinner side of the hoard D. lhe other part, F, is arranged torest upon the board D when the frame is unfolded and the said board is supported by the legs b b. lhe frontend of the said frame, which forms the foot of the bed, has hinged across it a standard, l1, which is capable of folding back under it or against its bottom, as shown in Fig. 3, but which, when unfolded, as shown in Fig. jfl, supports the said end of the frame upon the floor when the part F is in a horizontal posii tion. The slatted frame E F, thus supported at a,b,and 11,1nakes a very firm bed-bottom. The pivoted strapplates G, connecting the two parts of the said frame being pivoted to the said parts at point-s fi t', some distance from the abutting ends j j, permit the said frame to fold in such manner (shown in Fig. 3) as not to interfere with the folding ot' the mattress, l

but enable the said ends to ahnt firmly together when the frame is extended, as shown in Fig. 1l.

instead of a portieri. only of the top of the bureau being hinged and arranged as a lid, the'whole top may be so hinged, which would atl'ord greater convenience 'for the putting of the bedclothes, 1' illows,&c., i nto the case above the folded hed-bottom and mattress but by hinging only the front portion of the top in this wey, and making the beek portion a. fixture, :1 swinging mirror can be placed onthe beek portion of the bureauoase D, folding frame E F, hinged legs b b, hinged standard h, hinged top piece, B, and lugs e e, substantially as herein set forth.

' F. C. PAYNE. What I claim as my invention, and desire to Witnesses: secure by Letters atenta, is J. W. GooMBs,

The combination of the hinged front board GEo. W. REED. 

